''Nabab'' is a 2017 Indo-Bangladeshi action thriller film directed by

Joydip Mukherjee Joydeep Mukherjee is an Indian film director, actor and writer primarily associated with Bengali language films. Career In 2008, Joydeep started his career with directed television drama serial. Then he directed two more dramas. In 2016, he d ...

and produced by Abdul Aziz and Himanshu Dhanuka under the banner of Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies. The film features

Shakib Khan Masud Rana ( bn, মাসুদ রানা), better known by the name Shakib Khan ( bn, শাকিব খান) born 28 March 1979) is a Bangladeshi actor, producer, occasional singer, film organiser, and media personality who works in B ...

as Nabab, an intelligence agent tasked with a secret operation in West Bengal, India and Subhashree Ganguly as a crime news reporter and Nabab's love interest. It also features Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Amit Hasan,

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, Kharaj Mukherjee and Arindam Saha in supporting roles. The soundtrack album and background score of the film was composed by Savvy Gupta and

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. The film was released on 26 June 2017 on the occasion of

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in Bangladesh and released in India on 28 July 2017. The film marks the second collaboration of

with

after success of '' Shikari'' (2016).

Plot

A group of people travelling by bus later stop for a tea break and hooligans arrive at the same time. Suddenly, a passing convoy is attacked and the assassins try to kill the man inside one of the cars. The man using his swiftness foils the attack and manages to nab and arrest one of the attackers while killing another. The rest manage to escape the scene. This man is Chief Investigating Officer Rajib Chowdhury (

) and the person in the car turns out to be Chief Minister Ananya Chatterjee (

) who was impressed with Rajib and delegates to him the task of locating the people behind a recent terrorist conspiracy to Rajib. Rajib promises to fulfill the job to the best of his ability. Masud ( Sagnik Chatterjee) a Muslim ACP is taken off from the Special Action Team when a notorious gangster Mustaq escapes his clutches. Despite being an honest and upright police officer with the best intelligence gathering network in the force, Masud is rueful that he is being given low class treatment because he is a Muslim and is being perceived as having let Mustaq escape because he was a Muslim as well. Rajib wants Masud on the team, but Masud refuses. It is revealed that Rajib's father Constable Shymal Chowdhury was killed by a terrorist in Bangladesh which motivated Rajib to join the police force. Rajib escaped prison then went to the

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's house to tell him the truth, but there he accused for the murder of the Commissioner. With the help of his love interest, Rajib reached to Mandal. But imprisoning his mother and a few colleagues Mandal trapped Rajib to kill CM in a high security zone.

Cast

as Rajib Chowdhury a.k.a. Nabab, an intelligence agent from New Delhi tasked with a secret operation in West Bengal, India * Subhashree Ganguly as Diya a.k.a. Salma, a crime news reporter * Rajatava Dutta as Gautam Halder, a

commissioner A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something). In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to in ...

of West Bengal Police * Amit Hasan as Kali Charan Hansda * Biswanath Basu as Bimal Debnath, a superintendent of West Bengal police * Sagnik Chatterjee as ACP Masood Akhtar, an assistant commissioner (ACP) of West Bengal police * Sabyasachi Chakraborty as the chief journalist of a news agency * Kharaj Mukherjee as Abhay Sarker, a Deputy Chief Minister, the main antagonist * Aparajita Auddy as Ananya Chatterjee, a Chief Minister of West Bengal, India * Arindam Ganguly as Krishanu Chatterjee * Meghla Mukta as Meghla, daughter of commissioner Gautam Halder *

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as Nabab's mother * Razu Sarker * Komol Patekar as Terrorist * Arindam Saha as Terrorist *

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as Subir Mondal *

Prasun Gain Prasun Gain (born 3 September 1977) is an Indian actor and dramatist who works in Bengali cinema and television. He is best known for his roles in ''Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!'' (2015), '' Alifa'' (2016), and ''Prem Amar'' (2009). He also played ...

as Dinu * Badhon as Nabab's friend

Production

Filming

Before filming started Khan underwent extensive training for the action sequences and has reportedly lost 20 kg weight to fit as a counter-terrorism agent. The shooting schedule of Nabab commenced on 17 November 2016. The first phase of the film was shot in 10-day schedule and entirely filmed in

Cox's Bazar Cox's Bazar (; bn, কক্সবাজার, Kôksbajar; ) is a city, fishing port, tourism centre, and district headquarters in Southeastern Bangladesh. It is located south of the city of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the na ...

. The second phase of the filming took place in Kolkata. The last phase of the film was filmed in Dhaka and Kolkata, and lasted 30-days. The entire film was shot on a 50-day schedule. The music of the film was shot at various locations in Kolkata. A romantic track sequence was shot at Kolkata film city.

Release

Nabab released across 128 screens in Bangladesh on 26 June 2017 which is the widest release for any Bangladeshi film. Despite the release of two other films, Nabab opened on every multiplex in Bangladesh.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the film is composed by Savvy and

. The music video of the song "Sholoana" was released on YouTube on 1 June 2017. The music video of the song "Jabo Niye" was released on 10 June 2017. The music video of the song "O DJ O DJ" was released on 18 June 2017. The music video of the song "Saiyyan Beimaan" was released on 13 July 2017. The full soundtrack was released for digital streaming on Saavn on 1 June 2017.

Track listing

Controversy

After the release of trailers and songs from the film, different artists, producers, directors and 14 different film-related organizations in Bangladesh began to protest the release of ''Nabab''. After claims by the protesters that the films 'broke' some of the rules of making joint ventures, the Censor Board of Bangladesh did not give clearance to release the films. In response, Jaaz Multimedia threatened to close down their cinema halls for Eid if their film would not be allowed to release. The protesters also involved Shakib Khan, the star of ''Nabab'', who once went on the streets of Bangladesh to protest the release of Indian films. Khan, at a press conference by Jaaz Multimedia, defended his position and former protests with claims that he only protested against big-budget Hindi/ Urdu, not

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joint venture films. After a few weeks of protests, the Censor Board gave clearance to the film to release, in time to release on the holiday of Eid.

References

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